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[Spoiler (click to open)]Sweden Rock - Sölvesborg - June 4-7 ( Read more... )

On the second thought and after studying Google Maps Street View I change my mind about the lake in the previous entry and now believe that it was Mjögtjärnen ( Read more... )

The period with sunny weather seems to be over for now. Now it looks more like thisSo I bought a Danish-Swedish dictionary and a book about medieval Stockholm as a consolation. The book store staff by some stange reason placed dictionaries on the lowest shelf, just a couple of cm above the floor level, and even placed a cart with some other books ( Read more... )

Somewhere deep in the dark Värmland forest there lies Hagfors. Or Hagföss, as the locals say. The settlement is neither very old or big, it has just some 5000 inhabitants. But this small working-class town is a birthplace for several well-known in Sweden artists.

Где-то далеко за тридевять земель среди темных вэрмландских лесов лежит Хагфорс. Или ( Read more... )

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Almost done with the September photos made in Småland and I suggest to get back to Värmland.
Behind the cut there are 15 pretty monotonous pictures of the Värmland's roads dressed in their fairest autumn apparel.
All 15 are taken through the car window and are probably pretty worthless but... I just don't have the heart for throwing them away.

Почти ( Read more... )

Across the central part of Sweden a bit north from Stockholm lies Bergslagen, a low mountain belt where people mined for stone and iron ore since the ancient times. In the eastern part of the historical province of Värmland, not far from the town of Filipstad there is an area that was mined at least from the Medieval Age.

Поперек центральной части ( Read more... )

A charming Bed&Breakfast in the middle of nowhere. Not the easiest thing to find, especially in the darkness, but well worth it.
700SEK/night for a double room, bedsheets, breakfast and Wi-Fi included. http://www.gamlaskolan.net/

Уютный семейный отель в лесной глуши. Не так легко найти, особенно в темноте, тем не менее оно того стоит.
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